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Drugs that interfere with sexual function

By Naveed Saleh MD, MS Sexual function is multiphasic and involves sexual desire, arousal, and orgasm. Men and women can experience issues at any phase, with presentations including decreased desire, premature/retrograde/absent ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, anorgasmia, painful sex, and absence of swelling/lubrication in women. Some commonly prescribed drugs cause disaster in the bedroom. Sexual dysfunction can …

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Exactly what happens to your body when you don’t have sex for a long time

– or at all by Paisley Gilmour We often hear terms like ‘blue balls’ and ‘sexual frustration’ – but what are the real physical and mental effects of a dry spell? In our sex-obsessed society, people who don’t have sex ever or for a very long time are often seen as abnormal or unusual. For …

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Want to have better sex?

Talk about ‘it’ with your partner more, say Texas researchers Conversation helps sexual satisfaction and desire, especially with partners in committed relationships. By Derek Beres A new meta-analysis from the University of Texas at Austin finds that better sexual communication leads to better sex. The survey of 48 studies discovered that communication plays a key …

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For elders and others, drugs are available that aid sexual experience.

But insurers and Medicare won’t pay for them. By Michelle Andrews For some older people, the joy of sex may be tempered by financial concerns: Can they afford the medications they need to improve their experience in bed? Medicare and many private insurers don’t cover drugs that are prescribed to treat problems people have engaging …

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